Vintage shots from days gone by!

^^^^^ Damn!, the exact words I said aloud when I seen this

 

I bet your Mom always told you not to drive and try filming with a hand-held camera, eh? I bet now you got it, Bunkie. Gary

 

"First pix of testing air bags"!!!

 

The one car that looks as if it could come off the showroom floor today and be as fresh as it did in 1953.

 

45826 or 45840 the Stude Coupe Just think of this today with full independent suspension and any of todays hi po engines and a 6 speed!Like say a Ford or Pontiac blown 6 or any of the V8s of today!

 

Vegas



















Give us your lunch money

 

Jeez, this shot looks like the cover of a 50's comic book or movie poster! Gary

 

Ouch, that's painful to see. Must've been speeding on the yellow brick road.

 

What is this car? Interesting hood on it.

 

I wonder what she's thinking? Let's go in the darkroom and see what develops!

 

Vauxhall F series Victor.

Vauxhall is a branch of GM.

Mart.

 

Times two times two. I'd like to see the kit car people jump on this with the typical 'glass body designed for a later frame, or maybe late 'Vette suspension.

 

Many moons ago a fellow in my town repowered his Stude coupe and was disappointed with the results. There was so little weight on the rear wheels that it just smoked the tires. The engine should be set back well into the front seat area. The back seat area will be the new home of the driver's seat. Then you would have a real "hotrod".

 

1958 Vauxhall...was sold at Chevrolet dealer I think...

 

Subject of the bottom picture?
a) hit and run fail
b) pin up shoot fail
c) antenna installation fail
???

 

Deer hunt fail?

 

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A circa '58-'59-'60 Vauxhall.
The Vauxhalls were a short-lived
(literally!) excuse for a "car", made
by GM of Britain and imported into
the U.S and Canada during those
years. Their most notable feature
being that the bodies were made
of special bio-degradable steel that
came with factory-installed rust, so
there was no waiting for your new
car to start self-destructing!!!

Mart3406
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Enough already, Mart! I'm sick and tired of you holding BACK! Please tell us what you really think!

 

Speaking of 53-54 Stude coupes, I went to a Stude swap meet and car show today in South Bend. It looks like there are plenty of fiberglass fenders and hoods being made, and most anything one would want trim wise or body panel wise is still available new from Studebaker International. I've even went on a guided tour of their warehouse. Whether you want new or reproduction, I'm sure a "new" 53-54 Stude could be assembled from scratch with what is available today. Hell, there were even vendors there selling new front and back glass too.

 

This thread gets better every time I look at it